Job Title: PHP Developer

Location: Coral Springs, Florida (3 days per week in office)

Duration: 6 Month Contract to Hire

Interview Process: Phone Screen/Video Interview or In-Person depending on schedule

Job Description:

Client is the largest franchisor of home-based travel agencies across the country that independently book cruises, tour, and land vacations. Cruise Planners has achieved Top Producer status with virtually every cruise line, tour, and resort company. Cruise Planners has been named the No.1 Cruise Tour / Travel Agency by Entrepreneur Magazine for the past 10 years and recently featured in Entrepreneur as one of the top 30 franchise innovators in technology. Cruise Planners positions franchise owners for success by providing them with innovative marketing, booking and lead-generating tools as well as professional development and hands-on training with the industry’s top executives. Cruise Planners Home Office was won awards such as Coolest Offices and Top Places to Work in South Florida by Sun Sentinel and South Florida Business Journal.

Role Title: Software Developer - Web Applications

The Software Developer for web applications will work on a variety of projects as assigned by various project leads. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in PHP/MySQL development with a heavy experience in an MVC environment. Experience with API and web service integration a plus. Attention to detail and thoroughness are an absolute must for the right candidate.

Responsibilities:

• Designs/codes applications following specifications using the appropriate tools.
• Maintains and modifies existing applications on their own as well as under direction from senior team members.
• Performs maintenance programming for existing codebase.
• Performs custom programming as directed.
• Assumes responsibility for ongoing development of assigned tasks.
• Works with project lead and quality assurance through completion of tasks.

Competencies:

• 4+ years’ experience of quality software development.
• 3+ years’ experience developing PHP/MySQL-based applications.
• Familiarity working within Model/View/Controller software architecture.
• Familiarity working within a version control system.
• Implementation of varied API and Web Services through the use of REST/XML.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to other technical staff members.
• Ability to interface well with professional service staff and other non-technical members of the organization.
• Knowledge of Jira is a plus.
• Knowledge of Git is a plus.
• Knowledge of CakePHP framework is a plus.
• Knowledge of React Native is a plus.